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"Parents need all the help they can get. The strongest as well as the most fragile family requires a vital network of social supports."

Bernice Weissbourd, American Social Worker

Family, Help, Network, Parents

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"Parents need all the help they can get. The strongest as well as the most fragile family requires a vital network of social supports."

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"Because it's not only that a child is inseparable from the family in which he lives, but that the lives of families are determined by the community in which they live and the cultural tradition from which they come."

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"Parents need all the help they can get. The strongest as well as the most fragile family requires a vital network of social supports."

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